It appears the room that’s imagined to get you clean stands out as the dirtiest.
Several TikTokers have taken to social media to warn fellow travelers to scrub their tubs — before even taking a shower.
One TikToker posted a video — which gained 709,000 views — of the visitor bleaching the bathtub “before even laying a finger on it.”
One other user went even further and used a shower liner — or what known as a “tub condom” — in an effort to guard themselves.
“A life saver for hotel bathrooms & rentals,” reads the video’s caption.
Based on microbiologist Philip M. Tierno, even when the bathtub looks clean, there is almost definitely a hidden layer of germs on the surface called “biofilm.”
The biofilm is “an almost undetectable layer of bacteria that sticks to tubs and other surfaces,” the microbiologist told The Sun.
A study published in 2012 revealed that just about 81% of surfaces in a hotel room are covered in residual fecal matter from the previous occupant, nonetheless, it was recently discovered that the tub is taken into account to be the dirtiest.
This latest find is probably the most recent of several nasty, dark secrets that hotels don’t tell their customers.
One housekeeper got here forward in August to disclose several things that individuals should avoid touching the glassware when spending the night in a hotel.
“Normally the housekeeper just rinses these items out in the toilet sink and dries them off with the identical rag that they used to scrub the remaining of the room with,” explained the housekeeper on TikTok.
The worker also warned about using an in-room ice bucket, as sometimes people use it as a water dish for pets and do “much worse things” with them.
One other former hotel employee got here forward to suggest that occupants should wipe down the TV distant with a Clorox wipe before using it. She also cautioned against immediately jumping into bed without setting aside coverings.
“Those bedspreads get cleaned like perhaps every year, so don’t sit on those,” warned the employee.
